Alvarion Collaborates with AirNet to Provide Carrier-Grade Wi-Fi at Black Sea Resort Area in Bulgaria

Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR), a provider of optimized wireless broadband solutions addressing the connectivity, coverage and capacity challenges of public and private networks, announced today, that AirNet Ltd., a local ISP in Bulgaria, deployed its carrier-grade Wi-Fi solution for delivering wireless connectivity at the Albena Resort area along the coast of the Black Sea in Bulgaria.The wide-area deployment – over 2 kilometers long – is based on Alvarion's high performance two-way Beamforming Wi-Fi base stations, enabling coverage both indoors, in the lobby areas and rooms at approximately 30 hotels, conference facilities and restaurants, as well as outdoors, in large park areas, recreational facilities and along the beach front. Different service plans are offered to resort guests from free Wi-Fi to paying options. A Wi-Fi coverage map is available for guests to easily view the Internet connectivity for the entire resort.Used by approximately 10,000 users daily, the Wi-Fi network enables business people and vacationers with smartphones, tablets and notebooks to connect to the Internet at a speed of 500 Kbps to 2 Mbps and enjoy applications such as e-mail, video, image transfer, social networking and Internet browsing.